Re: How can I make a Gentoo Linux package for ConTeXt LMTX?

["amano.kenji via ntg-context" <ntg-context@ntg.nl>]

Even if I put the installation in an archive and make a linux package that installs the archive, I still have to modify contextcnf.lua which isn't intended to handle differing system-wide installation paths of various POSIX-like operating systems.

And, I don't really know

* what the variables in contextcnf.lua mean and do.
* whether there is a way to override certain variables in contextcnf.lua with another file. A separate override file is going to make it easy for linux distributions to override certain variables in contextcnf.lua.

------- Original Message -------
On Monday, August 15th, 2022 at 5:00 PM, Bruce Horrocks <ntg@scorecrow.com> wrote:


> > On 15 Aug 2022, at 13:19, amano.kenji amano.kenji@proton.me wrote:
> >
> > I was trying to translate instructions in install.sh and dependencies of install.sh into shell commands in a Gentoo Linux package.
> >
> > Gentoo Linux downloads all dependencies and builds a package in a network namespace where there is no internet access.
>
>
> If you must use a Linux that makes life hard... ;-)
>
> I'm guessing you're trying to prepare ConTeXt for use in a private repository on a LAN so that your users can install it without needing Internet access?
>
> ConTeXt only depends on glibc (iirc) - and it assumes it is present already. So do an install on a machine that does have Internet access and everything you need will then be self-contained in the directory you chose to install into. Zip up that directory and use it for subsequent installs as many times as you want just by unzipping it - no further Internet access required.
>
> You'll need to set up the PATH for where you unzipped the file - but the install.sh file has the necessary information towards the end.
>
> Try it and see - it's not like typical modern bloatware that pulls down 100's of Gbytes of dependencies willy-nilly.
>
> > Thus, install.sh cannot be directly used in a gentoo linux package. I have to translate instructions used in install.sh into shell commands.
> >
> > How can I do that? Can I somehow execute mtx-install.lua, mtxrun.lua, or mtxrun in a way that doesn't require internet access?
> >
> > ------- Original Message -------
> > On Monday, August 15th, 2022 at 12:12 PM, Bruce Horrocks ntg@scorecrow.com wrote:
> >
> > > > On 15 Aug 2022, at 13:03, amano.kenji via ntg-context ntg-context@ntg.nl wrote:
> > > >
> > > > TexLive has texmfcnf.lua that doesn't really work with texlive-context installed by linux distributions.
> > > >
> > > > Arch Linux has its own patched version of texmfcnf.lua.
> > > >
> > > > It seems I'd be better off with a linux package for ConTeXt LMTX.
> > > >
> > > > How can I build and install ConTeXt LMTX on Gentoo Linux or any linux distribution?
> > > >
> > > > I wish it was as simple as ./configure, make, and make install.
> > >
> > > Install instructions for LMTX on Linux are here:
> > > https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Installation
> > >
> > > It's pre-built so there are no make steps.
> > >
> > > Try it and ask again if you have problems. :-)
> > >
> > > —
> > > Bruce Horrocks
> > > Hampshire, UK
>
>
> —
> Bruce Horrocks
> Hampshire, UK
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